World Apr 12 Ukraine's foreign minister on military aid, Russia's shift east and the prospect of peace Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday his war in Ukraine will continue until it has achieved the goals he set forth, and he insisted all was going according to plan, despite dogged Ukrainian resistance. This came as Ukrainian officials investigated…
World Apr 11 Residents outside Kyiv process the horrors of Russian occupation The widespread destruction wrought by Russia across Ukraine is astonishing, with whole towns flattened and large swaths of cities sacked. Special correspondent Simon Ostrovsky and videographer Yegor Troyanovsky found twin towns where the visible damage was more limited, but the…
World Apr 07 Lithuania's foreign minister discusses the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine Among several former Soviet Republics and satellite states that are now NATO members is the small Baltic nation of Lithuania. Fiercely independent, its security concerns are compounded not just by its former occupier, Russia, but by the adversaries that border…
World Mar 28 Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Ukraine and the West: 'Don't push us into the corner' President Biden on Monday stood by his comments over the weekend that Russia's Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power" as Ukraine President Zelensky said he was open to discussing neutrality for his nation in exchange for a ceasefire. Special correspondent…
World Mar 22 Ukraine claims to retake a critical Kyiv suburb as Russian forces intensify attacks Ukrainian forces are claiming new successes Tuesday against Russian invaders. A counteroffensive has retaken a strategically important town west of Kyiv, and the southern port city of Mariupol continues holding out despite being hammered from air, land and sea. Jane…
World Mar 08 Ukraine's history and its centuries-long road to independence In explaining why he launched the invasion, President Putin falsely claimed that Ukraine was always a part of Russia, while he also made bogus assertions about pro-Russian Ukrainians being under threat. To help sort fact from fiction, and gain a…
World Mar 07 How sanctions are impacting Russia's energy sector With the price of crude oil and natural gas reaching near-record levels and the possibility of more sanctions we take a closer look at Russia's energy sector and a wider view of what is happening on the ground. NewsHour Special…
World Mar 01 Russian forces pound Ukraine's cities as the resistance holds the line in Kyiv Russian forces bombarded cities in Ukraine Tuesday as the war raged for a sixth day. Kharkiv, in the northeast, was particularly hard-hit and the port city of Mariupol in the southeast appeared surrounded. Nevertheless, the Pentagon says a drive by…
World Feb 28 Ukraine resists advancing Russian forces as the West imposes tough new sanctions In less than a week since Russia began its attack on Ukraine, more than 500,000 Ukrainians have fled their nation and are now refugees. This comes as fierce fighting continues across the country, the U.S. and Europe imposed harsh new…
World Jan 28 Can the U.S. and Russia agree on Ukraine? Here's the latest on the negotiations On the Ukraine crisis, there was a sharp juxtaposition Friday as the Pentagon warned that Russian troops could invade at any time, while Ukraine’s president accused the West of sowing panic. Both statements came as Moscow provided its first comments…